Sling support for vessels



H. E. CHATHAM SLING SUPPORT FOR VESSELS Sep:. 21,1926. 1,600,931

Filed Nov. 21 19 5 Patented Sept. 21, 1926.

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My invention relates to improvements in sling supports for vessels, and the -ob ect of the invention is to devise simple means readily attachable for suspending vessels such as flower pots, baskets, casks and the like, that is any vessel the diameter of the upper end of which is relatively greater than n the diameter of the lower end from a point of support such as would be formed by a ceiling, and which is readily adaptable to any size vessel, and it consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing my sling supporting vessel and formed of two sling members. c

Fig. 2 is a detail View of the sling'mem' bers laid out and intermediately broken away of their length. 7

Fig. 3 is a view of the members shown in Figure 2 interengaged ready to receive a vessel.

Fig. 4 is a similar view to Figure 1 showing my sling formed of a multiplicity of members. 7

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the interengaging portions of the sling members shown in ''Figure 4. n

In the drawings like characters of reiterence indicate corresponding parts in each figure. Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

1 indicates a vessel such as a flower pot or tub tapered upwardly from bottom to top, and 2 a beam or other supporting structure from which is secured a depending supporting hook 3. r

4 and 5 are members of my sling. The sling member 4 is provided with end eyes 4 and 4 and intermediate eyes 4 and 4 located at each side and adjacent to the centre of the sling member.

5 is an opposing sling member provided "with end eyes 5 and 5 and intermediate eyes 4 pend downward and the eyes 5 and5 of r the sling member 5 extend upward.

. vessel at diametrically opposite eyes 5 and 5 opposing that is to say, when the sling members are in position surrounding the vessel 1, the.

and 4 of the sling member v4 de- In attaching the members of my sling support together and around the vessel, the central portions of the sling members 4, and 5 are extended circumferentially around the sides thereof, and the eyes 4 and 4 as before stated extend downward and the outer ends of the the eyes '4 and 4 5 and 5 which extend upward. The outer ends of the sling member 5 extend through the eyes 4 and 4 as clearly indicated in Figure 3. The outer portions of the sling member 4 extending between the eyes 5 and 5 and theend eyes 4* and 5 extend upward in a converging direction from the vessel 1, and the end portions of the member 5 between the eyes 4 and 4 and the eyes 4" and 5 also extend upward in a converging direction, the eyes 4* and 4 ably connected together by a ring 6,. and the eyes 5* and-5 by a ring 7. The rings 6 and 7 are hooked onto the hook support? t will thus be seen that the enlarged upper loop formed by the central portions of'the members 4 and 5 and the frictional contact of the vessels thereagainst. tends tov draw:

downward upon the upwardly converging portions of these members and thereby tend to draw them through the loops 4 and 4 and 5 and 5 to contract-the loop by draw being preferend ot the vessel sits within the circular ing the central portions of the members 4 and 5 together and thereby increasing the gripping eflect in proportion to the weight of the vessel supported thereby.

The vessel supported may be of tapered form as shown, or provided intermediately of its length with an annular ledge or shoulder as is commonly done in flower pots or the exterior of the surface of the vessel may be sufficiently roughened to form a grip.

' The sling members may be formed of cord ward, and the member 9 with central eyes I .9 and 9 extending inward, the member 10 I and 9,10 v

with central eyes 10 and 10 extending outward and the member ll, with central eyes 11 and 11 extending.inward,-.or.'in,other words, the eyes of the members extending alternately in opposite directions.

From this description will be seen that I have devised a very simple device for 1 supporting flower pots and like vessels, so

that they may be suspended from a suitable support and which Will firmly grip the same and'Which-may be easily applied.

What I claim as my invention is: p A sling support comprising a plurality of sling members, the central portions'of which overlap one over the other and extend When in the overlapping position circumferentially around a portion of a vessel adapted to be supported thereby and together completely encircling the same, an eye located at each side of the centre of ieach central portion through Which the extended overlapping next adjacent portion passes upof support.

HERBERT EDGAR OHATHAM. 

